Monthly Archives: August 2011

I was thinking today how best to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Cop on the Edge (it’s only seven years away you know) and thought of the idea of a dining experience. Now, for those who have never heard of such a thing, a dining experience, or dinner show, is where you have a meal in a themed environment, with entertainment provided.

With a Cop on the Edge dining experience you could, for example, have Sanchez Conchita Gonzalez cook your Continue reading →

For those who don’t know the history, Cop on the Edge IX: Prelude to Justice premiered at the ABC in Newport, South Wales, in 1998 – it actually started shooting in January 1997. That’s almost two years to complete – yet the original 2 minute spoof that inspired Cop on the Edge was conceived and shot in the summer of 1995 – some 16 years ago.

We mention this because we’ve noticed there are a number of different ‘cops on the edge’ knocking about the Internet, and we Continue reading →

It may be over 10 years since Cop on the Edge IX: Prelude to Justice wrapped, but now seemed like the perfect time to launch the ‘Cop Blog’ – a section of the newly revamped Coten Films website to tell anecdotes, moan about problems and offer advice related to the shooting of a no-budget action feature (we’ve given up on the low-budget tag).

We’re still copying across much of the content from the old website into this new, funky website – so if you’re looking for all of that quality information such as ‘how the action sequences were Continue reading →